LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Moussaka

ingredient 5 Harmonious

church groups 11 Parachute

necessity 15 Cookie with a

Java Chip flavor 16 Solitary sort 17 Mind 18 Wolverine, for one 19 Esoteric

information

20 A few

21 EMIT?

24 Not quite aligned 26 Inventor who said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”

29 Slugger Judge who was AP Athlete of the

Year in 2022 30 Ankle-length attire 34 Mouthwash brand 35 Feudal estate 36 Selena or Selena

Gomez

38 Katniss Everdeen

portrayer, to fans 39 LOOP? 42 Overhang 43 Midwestern Native 44 Five-time Olympic gold-medal swimmer Ian 47 Comes down

hard?

51 “Just a Geek” memoirist Wheaton 52 SPOT?

57 Tate Modern filler 58 Verdi aria that translates to “It was you”

60 Lisa Halaby’s

royal name 61 Sunlit lobbies 63 RAW?

66 Intense

67 Some green

sauces

68 Senate position 69 Divisions in an outdated atlas: Abbr.

70 Plumes

71 Exxon constituents?

DOWN

1 Bagel topping 2 Branch 3 Vegetarian

4 Pot sweetener 5 Root words? 6 Cilantro, e.g. 7 Wolf of the sea 8 Apple since 1998 9 Curling spot 10 Washington, but not Washington, D.C.

11 Life itself, to a

crepehanger 12 Recital piece for a double-reed woodwind 13 “Collapse Into

Now” band

14 Go green,

perhaps

22 Kylo __: “The

Last Jedi” villain 23 Picks out, for short 24 Lummox

25 Just

27 Iridescent gem 28 Not old

30 Spice cookie

spice

31 QB stat

32 Roman dozen 33 Accommodating

places

36 Flatten 37 Shocked 40 Squiggly baby, to

a sitter

41 Radio waveemitting star 44 Dances

provocatively 45 New faces in the

staff lounge 46 “Last Week

Tonight” host John 48 Swab target 49 Emergency

priority system 50 Unblinking

looks

53 __ Miami CF 54 Self-composure 55 Friendly horn

sounds

56 “... but I could

be wrong”

59 Heavy weights 62 Variety

64 Lines at the

register? 65 Donkey